[Steve]

Bob and I did not use that method, or at last not very much when I was there, but he told me once that he just drills part way through the handle slab, then routs out and enlarges the bottom of the holes on each slab with a ball-end moto tool. Then he cuts a screw just long enough to reach almost to the bottom of each hole as it goes through the handle, fills holes and covers the tang with epoxy and puts the handle together with the screws in place. The threads on the screws give lots of "grip" for the epoxy and the enlarged bottoms of the holes work as a "head" for the epoxy as it also holds onto the screw. (Make any sense?) You can add a thong tube also. Of course, you must drill the hole for the thong tube as you are fitting the sides up. Hope this helps. I've done it a couple of times, I think. Seems to work quite well.